
War and Survival in Sudan's Frontierlands: Voices from the Blue Nile (Hardback)
Wendy James (author)
£66.00
Hardback
368 Pages /
Published: 04/10/2007
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This book completes a trilogy by the anthropologist Wendy James. It is a case study of how the Uduk-speaking people, originally from the Blue Nile region between the 'north' and the 'south' of Sudan, have been caught up in and displaced by a generation of civil war. Some have responded by defending their nation, others by joining the armed resistance of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, and yet others eventually finding security as international refugees in
Ethiopia, and even further afield in countries such as the USA. Sudan's peace agreement of 2005 leaves much uncertainty for the future of the whole country, as conflict still rages in Darfur. The Uduk case shows how people who once lived together now try to maintain links across borders and even
continents through modern communications, and where possible recreate their 'traditional' forms of story-telling, music, and song.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199298679
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 633 g
Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 24 mm
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Wendy James's book is an impressive study, based on long-term field research in the turbulent area of Southeast Sudan bordering Ethiopia and in Khartoum, and gives great insights into the experiences of the Uduk (or Kwanim Pa) people and their wider (inter)national contexts ... This monograph makes absorbing reading; Wendy James has done a wonderful job. * Jon Abbink, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *
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